Schook left the courtroom using a walker and was put on home incarceration.

On Thursday, he will return to court for the sentencing phase of the trial.

Schook, 66, who is is battling cancer, did not react as the verdict of not guilty was read for the first two counts against him.

And then came the words victim Michael Stansbury has waited for for nearly four decades: guilty under instruction 3.

Stansbury said he was initially disappointed, "But as he started reading througj them, I was elated," he said.

The former Louisville priest was accused of sexually abusing two teen boys in the 1970s.

Schook's lawyer said what happened wasn't a crime because Stansbury, who was 16 at the time, was considered a consenting adult.

"May 6, 1976. Anything after that is legal," said defense attorney David Lambertus.

"You stand convicted of four counts of sex offenses. Because of that I'm going to put you on home incarceration," the judge told Schook.

Thirty-eight years later, Stansbury said he's ready to face Schook one final time. "Sentencing will start the healing. Yes, he's finally being proven guilty, but the healing process when they set his punishment for his crimes, that will be when I'm completely elated," said Stansbury.

Schook's defense team told the jury the claims of abuse were motivated by money.

Stansbury said he wanted to prevent future abuse, but for years he was too embarrassed to come forward.

Schook was the Stansbury family's parish priest. It was only after the death of his parents that Stansbury contacted police.

The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests released a statement after Wednesday's verdict was issued. It read in part, "We are especially grateful to the brave victims and their families. Their courage to speak up and their wisdom to seek justice have been heroic and will protect more kids. It's important that every single person who saw, suspected or suffered his crimes must come forward to prosecutors. It's not too late."

DORTCH. AND I'M RICK VAN HOOSE. A FORMER PRIEST - WITH THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOUISVILLE - IS NOW A CONVICTED FELON. AFTER ABOUT THREE- HOURS OF DELIBERATIONS - JURORS FOUND JAMES SCHOOK GUILTY OF FOUR OF THE SEVEN COUNTS. W-L-K-Y'S LAUREN ADAMS WAS IN THE COURTROOM WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ. SHE'S LIVE DOWNTOWN - AT THE JUDICIAL CENTER - WITH REACTION... LAUREN? JAMES SCHOOK LEFT THIS COURTROOM EARLIER TONIGHT USING A WALKER. HE'S BEEN PUT ON HOME INCARCERATION. TOMORROW MORNING, HE AND THE JURY WILL RETURN HERE FOR THE SENTENCING PHASE OF THE TRIAL. IT'S A DAY DECADES IN THE MAKING FOR ONE VICTIM - AND ONE HE TELLS ME TONIGHT HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO. wheels into courtroom NO LONGER A PRIEST... 66-YEAR-OLD JAMES SCHOOK IS NOW AN AGING MAN, FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE - BATTLING CANCER AND SEX ABUSE CHARGES. WEDNESDAY EVENING HE LEARNS HIS FATE. Under instruction one, indecent/immoral practices... We the jury find James Schook not guilty. SCHOOK DOESN'T REACT..... Not guilty under count two ONE VICTIM IS SHAKING. THEN, THE WORDS MICHAEL STANSBURY HAS WAITED NEARLY 4 DECADES TO HEAR. Guilty under instruction three. HE LATER ADMITS INITIAL DISAPPOINTMENT. But as he started reading thru them, I was elated. IN THE END, A JURY CONVICTS SCHOOK ON 3 SODOMY CHARGES AND ONE CHARGE OF INDECENT AND IMMORAL PRACTICES. DURING THE 1970'S, THE LOUISVILLE PARISH PRIEST SEXUALLY ABUSED TWO TEEN BOYS. NATS SCHOOK'S LAWYER SAYS WHAT HAPPENED WASN'T A CRIME - IT WAS LEGAL.... MICHAEL STANSBURY, THE DEFENSE SAYS WAS 16 - A CONSENTING ADULT. May 6, 1976 anything after that is legal You stand convicted of 4 counts of sex offenses, because of that I'm going to put you on home incarceration. ON HIS WAY OUT OF THE COURTROOM, SCHOOK HAS TO WALK RIGHT PAST ONE OF HIS VICTIMS... HE STARES STRAIGHT AHEAD. It's not quite over yet. BUT 38 YEARS LATER, MICHAEL STANSBURY SAYS HE'S READY TO FACE SCHOOK ONE FINAL TIME/ SCHOOK'S DEFENSE TEAM TOLD THE JURY TODAY THESE CLAIMS OF ABUSE WERE MOTIVATED BY MONEY. VICTIM MICHAEL STANSBURY TELLS ME HE WANTED TO PREVENT FUTURE ABUSE, BUT FOR YEARS HE WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO COME FORWARD. SCHOOK, HE SAYS, WAS THE FAMILY'S PARISH PRIEST - WELL LIKED AND RESPECTED BY HIS FAMILY. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS PARENT'S THAT HE CONTACTED POLICE. LAUREN ADAMS, WLKY NEWS. THE SURVIVORS NETWORK OF THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS - OR SNAP - RELEASED A STATEMENT AFTER TODAY'S VERDICT CAME DOWN. IT READS IN PART... "WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO THE BRAVE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEIR COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND THEIR WISDOM TO SEEK JUSTICE HAVE BEEN HEROIC AND WILL PROTECT MORE KIDS. "IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO SAW, SUSPECTED OR SUFFERED HIS CRIMES